Violence and Gender in Africa's Iberian Colonies Feminizing the Portuguese and Spanish Empire, 1950s-1970s /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Stucki, Andreas (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series
• Θέματα: Africa-History.; Imperialism.; Gender identity.; World politics.; Social history.; African History.; Imperialism and Colonialism.; Gender and Sexuality.; Political History.; Social History.

This book examines how and why Portugal and Spain increasingly engaged with women in their African colonies in the crucial period from the 1950s to the 1970s. It explores the rhetoric of benevolent Iberian colonialism, gendered Westernization, and development for African women as well as actual impe...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1 Introduction: Feminizing Empire
• 2 Soft Power: Uplifting "Native Women"
• 3 Violence: Authoritarian Transformations
• 4 "African Skin and a Hispanic Heart"? Racism, Ethnic Relations, Class, and Gender
• 5 The "Bargains" of African Women's Cooperation
• 6 Staging Iberian Domesticity in Africa
• 7 Empire and Nation States: Competing Projects
• 8 Epilog: The Presence of Imperial Pasts
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